The word, 'Emergency', often carries alarmist, anxious and negative connotations. At many points in history the Creative has been viewed with suspicion poised towards zeitgeist shifting iconoclasm. In this talk, Paul Gladstone Reid, explores how the continuous process of unfolding and evolving consciousness can radically alter the role and perception of creativity and innovation in society, leading to an emergent civilisation, in which all its members are Agent of Emergence.

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